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Sorry to bring this thread back up guys...

Well the car hasnt really moved much since i have been locked out of reverse gear. Tonight i was just cleaning out the car and reverse gear is no longer locked out and is in perfect working condition.

Does anyone have any idea what might of happened?

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:( nah i wish it was that simple.... I took the gear boot off at the time to check... The only thing i did was take the car for a drive acouple of weeks ago and just pushed the car out.... Any ideas would be great...
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dunno, just save some extra cash for if it fails again :D, nd try to reverse into all the car park spots you go into, dont wanna come back to the car in a parking lot and not be able to get out if its at a slight angle uphill you wont be ableto push it by yourself

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if it does do it again, it could most likely be the reverse lock spring that you talked about. it happened in mine. the spring from a patrol gear box works. the gearbox needs to be lowered a little to get access to the side panel. its a bitch of a job without a hoist etc. cost me i think around $300 to fix.

Maybe the lock pin was out of place a little cos the spring is damaged? possibly its stuffed and its just a matter of time before it pops out completely?

i drove my car for 2 weeks without reverse. lucky its a massive car park at work and i lived on a hill and could roll down the driveway backwards!

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If it's a one off it can just be the gearset not lined up to engage reverse while the car is still...reverse is usually a straight cut gear too. Other than that, when locked in and out of gears, pushing/rocking the car can undo the issue if it's selector/synchro related.

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